# FilmmakerOG Calculator

Last updated: 2026-05-19
Canonical human URL: https://filmmakerog.com/calculator
Markdown mirror: https://filmmakerog.com/calculator.md

## Summary

The FilmmakerOG calculator helps producers and filmmakers build a practical starting point for a film finance plan. It organizes project assumptions into a model that can be reviewed before investor, lender, attorney, sales agent, or producer representative conversations become expensive.

## What it models

The calculator is designed around film-finance assumptions including:

- project budget;
- capital stack structure;
- equity, debt, tax credits, incentives, deferments, and other financing sources;
- distribution and revenue scenarios;
- breakeven logic;
- investor scenarios;
- fees and expenses;
- recoupment waterfall order;
- producer upside after senior claims and modeled obligations.

## Free finance outputs

The free calculator is intended to provide three free finance outputs:

1. Personalized URL link.
2. Downloadable PDF.
3. Downloadable XLSX file.

The XLSX file is a standard spreadsheet file that can be opened in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, LibreOffice, or other spreadsheet tools. It does not require a Google account connection.

## How to use the output

Use the output to understand the structure, spot missing assumptions, and prepare better questions before professional review. The output is not a final legal, tax, securities, or investment document.

## Professional boundary

FilmmakerOG does not guarantee financing, investor interest, investor returns, or that a film will get made. It gives producers and filmmakers a clearer starting point for understanding and discussing the finance plan.